New report on Stacy Kenny s death highlights officers failure to de-escalate
The report called out the Springfield Police Department and Lane County s Interagency Deadly Force Investigation Team (IDFIT) for mishandling the initial investigation into the shooting.
Posted: Mar 31, 2021 8:23 PM
Updated: Mar 31, 2021 8:30 PM
Posted By: Connor McCarthy
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. A new report by an independent investigator into the shooting of Stacy Kenny in 2019 found the Springfield Police Department failed to de-escalate the situation.
The report, authored by a Southern California independent police oversight and review firm called OIR, gave Springfield Police 33 recommendations on how the agency can improve its policing. The firm also called out Lane County s Interagency Deadly Force Investigation Team (IDFIT) for mishandling the initial investigation into the shooting. The report said IDFIT did not look at the details leading up to the moment Kenny was shot and only looked at the s